NEWS
Tatarstan prize-winners of the first Youth Olympics, which took place in Singapore on August 14-26, were honored at the Kazan Kremlin on Friday. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the meeting with the young athletes and their coaches. Participants of the Games in Singapore competed for 201 sets of awards. The team of Russia has become the second in the team rating with 49 prizes – 20 gold, 17 silver and 12 bronze medals.
“There are no reasons to raise prices for bread, milk and other necessary products”, - RT President Rustam Minnikhanov said at session of RF State Council Presidium. The session was chaired by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Saratov city. The key issue for discussion was state of foodstuff market in Russian Federation and measures on its stabilization. Russian Minister of agriculture Elena Skrynnik made the main report. Dmitry Medvedev announced that there are no any reasons for deficiency and increase in prices for products in Russia. By his words, there is enough grain for inner consumption.
The construction of the first start-up facility of the Nizhnekamsk’s oil refining and petrochemical plant complex is in its final stage. The completeness is 96 percent. of the planned 3.545 million roubles, 3.388 million has been disbursed. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov has today inspected the construction. The head of Tatarstan has during the working trip visited 6 key facilities of the 1A1 phase. His primary interest was the CDU/VDU unit, the heart of Taneco, where oil fractionation will begin in October. The CDU/VDU-7 technology system is capable of providing raw material for all other units within the complex when advanced oil processing is possible.
RT President Rustam Minnikhanov and Chairman of JSC “Gasprom” administration Aleksey Miller took part in celebrations dedicated to 55-anniversary of OOO “Gasprom-transgas Kazan”. Festive event was held in hall of KRK “Piramida”. Director General of OOO “Gasprom-transgas Kazan” Rafkat Kantyukov told about main historical periods of enterprise’s development. OOO “Gasprom-transgas Kazan” (former OOO “Tattransgas”) was founded in 1955 after launching main gas pipeline “Minnibaevo-Kazan” that became the third one built in USSR during post-war years and the first one in Tatarstan. By the level of gasification Tatarstan takes the first place in Russia, percent of gasification makes 100 %.
New multi-functional sport-recreation complex built by the program “Gasprom for children” was opened in Bugulma city. President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and chairman of JSC “Gasprom” management Aleksey Miller took part in opening ceremony. The complex includes swimming-pool, all-purpose gym, aerobics hall, weight room, six training halls, doctor's consulting room and rooms for massage.
Today RT President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in opening of new school №178 in Kazan. The school is located in residential district of Tatarstan capital - “XXI vek”. Residential complex consists of multi-apartment houses, car parking and objects of social infrastructure.Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated pupils and their parents on September, 1 - Day of knowledge and wished academic achievements. He reminded that the school is a whole Centre of education of Sovetsky district of Kazan city.